id:			102585
accession number:	1921.1252
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1921.1252
updated:		2023-08-23 18:46:28.910000

Sword, c. 1400. European, early 15th century. Steel, leather, wire; overall: 85.3 cm (33 9/16 in.); blade: 71.7 cm (28 1/4 in.); quillions: 16.7 cm (6 9/16 in.); grip: 12.7 cm (5 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance 1921.1252

title:				Sword
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			c. 1400
creation date earliest:		1395
creation date latest:		1405
current location:		210A Armor Court
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Severance
copyright:			

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culture:	European, early 15th century
technique:	steel, leather, wire
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Arms & Armor
type:		Arms and Armor
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 85.3 cm (33 9/16 in.); Blade: 71.7 cm (28 1/4 in.); Quillions: 16.7 cm (6 9/16 in.); Grip: 12.7 cm (5 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Armor Court Reinstallation
	opening date:   1998-09-10T00:00:00
	<i>Armor Court Reinstallation</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Sale: American Art Association, New York, NY, (November 18-19, 1921), lot 240.)
	date: 1921
	footnotes: 	
	citations: 	


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fun fact:
A sword required a different composition of steel than armor; as a result swordsmithing centers of Europe differ from those that specialized in armor.

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wall description:
The principal weapon of the European knight was his sword, a simple weapon with a broad, two-edged blade, a straight crossguard, and a round pommel or counterweight. The pommel gave the knight full mastery of a perfectly balanced weapon. The basic shape of the sword did not change significantly between 1200 and 1500.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	American Art Association. <em>An Important Collection of Ancient Arms and Armor.</em> 1921.
	page number: 	Cat. no. 240
	url:		

	Gilchrist, Helen Ives. <em>A Catalogue of the Collection of Arms &amp; Armor Presented to the Cleveland Museum of Art by Mr. and Mrs. John Long Severance; 1916-1923</em>. Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1924.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 86, E4; Reproduced: Plate XIX, E4
	url:		https://archive.org/details/SeveranceCollection1924/page/n126

	Fliegel, Stephen N. <em>Arms and Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: The Museum, 1998.
	page number: 	cat. no.195, p. 172
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	Fliegel, Stephen N.<em> Arms &amp; Armor: The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	cat. no. 127, p. 188
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